it looks different. people pay extra for different. Think people buy Prii or Teslas because they’re efficient or they’re trying to save the world? Buyers of those cars just want to rub everyone else’s nose in their cool car, which is the greatest single reason for pretty much all car sales that aren’t base model…

Ford:

You are more correct than you know, but the merit upon which your vote is based is actually having the discipline required to do so. There is literally no stronger force in this country than a disciplined bloc of voters.

it’s not just the luxury end of the truck market that’s driving the pricing, the big 3 are gouging the prices to make up for the blood loss on everything else. Even the most basic F250 4x4 with vinyl, seats, roll-up windows, radio only (who listens to radio anymore?) will set you back $40k.

this is what the S3 should have been.

let’s be clear that this isn’t about building cars, it isn’t about high quality automobiles, and it isn’t about being a profitable company. This is solely about a bunch of short sellers that got butt-hurt by a crazy dude that they knew was crazy, so they bet against him. Lo-and-behold, the crazy dude proved crazy, but…

I look at the interior shot of that car and I can actually smell it.

I want to keep that in the bed of my Super Duty instead of a spare tire. 

Many Audi dealers acutally operate this way right now. If you want a plain vanilla a3 or Q5, then they’ll probably have a stock to choose from. Anything else, if it it shoved on the dealer by Audi, is probably going to be a custom order. People with cash can afford to wait, and want to order exactly what they want out…

Article posted at 2:25 PM regarding new Porsche.

guys like this are part of the problem. they should not be coddled or sympathized with. you think he’s a car lover? he’s a jerk. let me take this pristine whatever and abandon it in my yard so it will never be anything but rust and eventually Chinese toasters.

I see a lot of SRT cars and Hellcats where I live in North Jersey. Maybe I just notice them more. yeah, they’re really cool to look at and OMG the sound! That being said, they’re only really.. ‘more’ than my S4 on clear dry straight pavement. There’s a lot to be said for being the fastest one to highway speed while…

How much did Tesla spend bringing the Model S to market? and they started from scratch.

you’re upset because you can’t get Kia’s take on a Toyota Venza?

my 2002 Tacoma looked like this when Toyota replaced it. Apparently, Dana Spicer ‘forgot’ to galvanize the frame

‘scope creep’ in the bridge engineering world, as well.

1971 240z into a full Fairlady with fender mirrors, light covers, flares, and G nose. Generous use of an aluminum block motor and a good turbo with lightweight bits throughout could get you one of the most beautiful cars ever designed with real racing chops to it and a curb weight dangerously close to 2000 lbs. 

not thinking like a CEO.

I would take this over an A3 any day of the week, an that’s coming from a die-hard Audi guy. To be fair though, the A3 is a total piece of garbage.

I look at that escort GT with the automatic seatbelts and I can still perfectly recall the feeling of the strap wrapping around my neck from when you’d open the door and look down at the ground while it retracts along the roof and A-pillar.